Kinematics of Self-Talk and Automatic Memory Loops

The primary source introduces the Brain Kinematics Model (BKM), which proposes that seemingly distinct mental phenomena, self-talking and recurring automatic memory recall (RAMR), are both expressions of the same underlying mechanism: the brain’s drive to achieve energetic equilibrium. It synthesizes psychological and neuroscientific views—where RAMR is viewed as an involuntary memory loop and self-talk as internalized dialogue—by reinterpreting them as oscillatory strain patterns cycling between memory and language networks. The accompanying source supports this by noting that large-scale brain networks activate in a repeating, clock-like cycle (300–1000 ms), which aligns with the BKM's concept of cyclic strain carrier waves guiding mental processes. Ultimately, the sources suggest that both adaptive cognition and pathological rumination arise from the brain’s attempt to resolve residual strain through rhythmic, recursive neural activity.